SHI-GAKU-KAN LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC255249 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-28.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £28,503

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£29k
↓ 476% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 457% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£29k-£22k-£15k-£9k-£2k£4kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-28.5k£-5.0k
Current assets£4.4k£786
Net assets£-28.5k£-5.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-04
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-03
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-14
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  11. 2017-09-14
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  12. 2017-09-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-09-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2003-09-03
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    Company incorporated
    As SHI-GAKU-KAN LTD.
  16. 2003-09-03
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    DONAGHY, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-09-03
    ➕
    DONAGHY, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2003-09-03
    ➕
    DONAGHY, Mark Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 2003-09-03
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-09-03
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-09-03
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-09-03
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Anthony Donaghy
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Donaghy
Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Mark Donaghy
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Donaghy
Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-09-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Goldwells House
Grange Road
Peterhead
AB42 1WN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DONAGHY, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONAGHY, Elizabeth→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-09-03
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Active
DONAGHY, Mark Anthony→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-03 · resigned 2003-09-03
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-03 · resigned 2003-09-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-12